Race Course Road HDB fire victim dies
An 88-year-old man has died following a fire at an HDB flat in Race Course Road, Singapore. Emergency responders rescued five people from the unit, and authorities are investigating the incident amid a recent rise in residential fire fatalities.
Why it matters
The death underscores ongoing public safety concerns regarding residential fire hazards and the effectiveness of emergency response protocols in high-density housing.
Police officers had to force their entry into the locked flat in an attempt to save the occupants.
Listen SINGAPORE – One of the victims of a fire in a Housing Board flat in Race Course Road on Aug 3 has died in hospital, the police said on Aug 5.
The 88-year-old man was among three people taken unconscious to hospital after the fire broke out at Block 684 Race Course Road, in Little India.
They had been trapped, along with two others, in the fifth-floor unit before being rescued by the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), who were alerted to the fire at 7.10pm.
Officers from the Rochor Neighbourhood Police Centre forcibly gained entry into the locked flat in an attempt to save the occupants, said the police.
They rescued a woman from the unit, and she was among those taken unconscious to hospital.
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